Total Crime Rate
145.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoney Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Sheldon , and the 833rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stoney Lane (B25 8YJ) in the last 12 months was 145.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Sheldon average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoney Lane (B25 8YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Newcroft Grove. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakemere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakemere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malthouse Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowles Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowles Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakemere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homecroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakemere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoney Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoney Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoney Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stoney Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoney Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wroxton Road | Under investigation |
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